Flower holder



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WEEKS WALTER a m "fmzu BY ATTORNEYS *wAL'rEn s. DANIEiIs, orwriitr'ngrnariifsj 3" Patented Sept; 7, 1926.-

FLOWER Harn ss.

Application filed May 13, 1926. Serial No. 108,964.

' This invention relates to flower holders for use in arranging andpositioning flowers in bowls or other receptacles and has for an objectto provide an improved construction overfmy prior Patent No. 1,081,097.

Another object of the invention is to provide a. flower holder wherein aplurality of rods are provided and arranged so-that'the" (stems oftheflowers may be disposed there- 7 between so as to support the flowersina desired position, the rods presenting smooth rounded upper endsections whereby they will not injure the fingers of the person arwith,

ranging the flowers. t I

A further object, more specifically, is to provide a flower holder forbowls and the like wherein rods bent upon themselves are provided withthe rounded or bent sections uppermost, the rods being arranged in agrouped formation so as to hold in a clus-,

ter flowers arranged therein .Inthe accompanying drawing- 1 f a bowlFigure 1 is a perspectlve new 0 ,with a flower holder embodying theinven tion arranged therein, the flower holder of flowers 5L and holdthe flowers in sub-' stantially any desired arrangement. 'The holder 2isformed witha body or'bed 5, of

cement or other desired material, the same being surrounded by ametallic'band 6 where by any chipping of'the edge ofthebasef5 willvbeprevented. Associatedwith the-base 5 area number of rods 7 which arebent so as to "present U-shaped'structures'with the rounded upper endsor sections '8 arranged substantially in the same'plane. One of therods, namely, 1 0d? is made larger and the rounded upper end or section8 presents a handle whereby ,the device may i be moved from-place toplace.

In arranging the rods 7 inthe base other desired color;

the central line of rods 7 or they may be arranged haphazard.Preferably,the outer row 10 is arranged in an even manner; so

that if the base 5 is circular, the outer row 10 will be in the form ofa circle whereas 1f the base 5 is square or some other shape,

the outer row 10 will follow the outer shape of the base5. The rods 7are preferably of metal which may be bent if desired but:

which will normally flex more or less and in that way permit 'the readydisposition of Y the stems 3. It is also evident that the base 5 couldbe made of any desiredsize'as well as the rods 7 and that any desirednumber of rods 7' may be associated with any base,

Preferably, the entire structurevis comparatlvelyr heavy; and alsocomparatively small so as to readily fit ina vase or bowl of medium sizeand byreason of the weight,

remain submerged even if the bowl is completely filled with water.

efficiently holds the flowers in a desired ing, the same may bepaintedgreen I or any Instead of using, ce-- ment for the base 5,plaster of Paris could be from the spirit of the ing base adapted tostand uponthe bottom. of a vessel, and a plurality of rods having;

their lower ends attached to'said base, the

In this way th'e device is almost shut off from sight. but

used or-lead or other material without in upper ends projecting abovethe-surface of said base and having predetermined normal positionsrelative to one another, said rods being substantially evenlydistributed within the periphery of the upper surface ofsaid base andbeing formedof pliable material, each of said rods being bentvuponitselfto present a U-shaped structure with the rounded portion spaced farthestfrom. the base. "1 r plurality of grouped U -shaped rods having one endembedded in the base and thebent or rounded ends spaced fromthe-base'and arranged 'substantially'in the same plane s between thevarious, rods. I 5, they may be regularly arrangedas indicated-by:

3; AI flower holder comprising a base, a

lseriesiof flower receiving rods mounted on ,7 p v .2. A flower holdercomprising-a base,a'

end spaced above the other rods and acting as a handle for the entiredevice.

4. A flower holder comprising a base formed of material havingsubstantially the I characteristics of cement a metal band fitted on theperiphery of the base for preventing chipping, and a series of substantially U-shaped rods carried by the base, the rounded ends of the rodsbeing spaced from h the base. 7

WALTER s. DANIELS.

